This Working Paper examines the role of social assistance in supporting coping, adaptation, and resilience, given the impacts of climate change and violent conflict in Niger.

The Government of Zambia (GoZ) and the UK Institute of Development Studies (IDS) organised a Solutions Session at this Summit which took place last week. It was designed to bring closer together the ...

This report highlights outcomes and recommendations from the T20 Side Event ‘Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Clean Energy Transition’, held in ...

As the 16 Days of Activism gets underway, an IDS student shares a powerful account of escaping war in Sudan through a ...

After the Right to Food Commission launch, researchers compare the community kitchen model against public restaurants.

The Catalytic Agenda social protection calls for stronger, sustained financing in fragile contexts and sets out a high-level ...

This paper presents findings from three case studies, covering Ethiopia, Niger and Nigeria that examine the issue of targeting social assistance in contexts of protracted crisis.

COP30 in Belém, local authorities in the UK are grappling with Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) to meet Nationally Determined Contributions in Sussex ...

To avoid this harm, governments and investors must include front-line communities in decision making rather than tokenistic consultation.

Researchers call for a new shared, international commitment to tackle antimicrobial resistance as a global public good.

There has been a growing interest in China’s rapid economic growth, particularly agriculture-led growth and poverty reduction. In fact, China and Africa have developed their agriculture under ...

Using the case study of the Kibera slums, this paper takes a medical anthropological approach to discuss and explain the untold and common practice among the urban poor in developing countries that is ...